murmurYasuda Odori
Shodoshima Town · Yasuda Elementary School grounds and Yasuda Community Center
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kagawa Prefecture Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid August
- How the date is set
- Every year on August 14 From the evening
- Venue
- Yasuda Elementary School grounds and Yasuda Community Center
- City
- Shodoshima Town, Kagawa
About
Yasuda Odori is a dance passed down in the Yasuda district of Shodoshima Town and designated an Intangible Cultural Property of Kagawa Prefecture. Its appeal lies in the contrast between the city-style women's dance and the plain, rustic men's dance, and it keeps the dance forms of the Genroku era remarkably well. It is said to have begun in the early Edo period and been shaped into its present form late in that era by kabuki actors who settled here from the Kamigata region. The dancing is held at the Yasuda Elementary School grounds and the Yasuda Community Center, usually starting in the evening. There is no parking, so plan how you will get there; enquiries go to the Yasuda Community Center.
Sources
- OfficialKagawa Prefecture Tourism Association www.my-kagawa.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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